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ings that were made by our Indian suppliers in lighting
and medical. We got some contracts right away and we
started shipping products from India.”
Soon, some of his customers began requesting other ser-
vices, such as supply chain and warehousing, in addition
to shipping, in effect, asking MES to be a logistics man-
ager as well as a supplier. Although he knew very little, at
first, about overseeing a global supply chain, Shah asked
himself, again, “How hard can it be?” and went to work.
“So we have grown in response to customer needs,” he
explains.
When the company was asked to manage a supply chain
from China, it responded. By 2008 MES was doing chain
management work in both countries and warehousing
products in Ohio. By 2009, Shah began to see the scale-
up opportunities inherent in the business model, so he
hired his first source quality engineer and other person-
nel, shifting from a small sourcing company to the com-
pany it is today - a full-service provider of global manufac-
turing and supply chain management services.
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Marketing and Engineering Solutions
WHAT:
A global supply and logistics management
company
WHERE:
Headquarters in Lewis Center, Ohio
WEBSITE
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